Your car can t start without it and corrosion.
Car battery compartment.
Securely remove the battery from the car removing the battery is a physical activity and is the most difficult part of the change.
Locate the battery compartment under the hood of your car.
The question of how to clean car battery corrosion as efficiently and safely as possible is one that dates back to the first lead acid batteries used for cars trucks and other vehicles.
If you do not have a belt tensioner tool you can use a socket.
Carefully and securely lift and remove the battery from car.
It should be easy to spot.
It will be a small rectangular shaped compartment somewhere in the open spaces around the engine itself.
You will need to remove the serpentine belt first with a belt tensioner tool.
You don t want the acidic water to drip onto other components inside your engine compartment.
Use the socket set to remove the alternator.
Be sure to use proper posture as even though the battery is small it is heavy and usually weighs around 40 pounds.